Trump didn’t focus on tech during his speech last night—but here are some fact checks about what he did touch on.
Tax benefits: Trump said Apple will “invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers.” That’s debatable. The spending may not be a direct result of the tax changes. And at any rate, does repatriation of funds count?
Energy exports: “We have ended the war on beautiful clean coal. We are now very proudly an exporter of energy to the world,” said Trump. That final point is untrue: the US is still a net importer of energy. Any shifts toward being a net exporter are the result of Obama-era policies anyway.
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